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The character 拗, which exists in both traditional and simplified systems, is structured with the hand radical 扌 on the left and the phonetic component 幼 on the right, suggesting an action performed by hand. Its core etymology relates to bending or twisting something physically, such as a branch. From this concrete sense, its meaning extended to describe a figurative inflexibility or stubbornness in a person's disposition. Furthermore, this concept of deviation from the norm or expected path also came to be applied in linguistics, where the character is used to denote an irregular or non-standard pronunciation of a word.
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这孩子性格很执拗。
他拗不过母亲的再三请求。
别把手里的铁丝拗断了。
她说这个词的发音有点拗口。
他的执拗最终导致了合作的失败。
老人拗着一股劲儿，非要自己走回家。
这种文风过于雕琢，读起来未免拗涩。
情感上的拗结不是三言两语能解开的。